The Ancient Parish of SNAITH

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"SNAITH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and
bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 7 miles from Thorne, 8 SE. of Selby, 10 from
Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 14 from Pontefract, 23 from York, 175 from
London. Market, Thursday. Fairs, last Thursday in April, for horned
cattle, sheep, and woollen cloth, Aug. 10, for horned cattle, woollen cloth,
line, cheese, and quills; and the last Thursday in Sept. which is chartered
but not now attended. Principal Inns, Blue Bell, Black Lion, Bell and
Crown, and Green Dragon. Pop. 834. The Church (see Churches for photograph), peculiar, is a perpetual
curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, Henry
Yarburgh, Esq.

The town of Snaith is situated on a gently rising ground, about half
a mile south of the river Aire, and within five miles of the junction of the
Ouse with the rivers Derwent and Aire.

In the Church, which is a neat Gothic structure, is the family vault
of Lord Viscount Downe, in which his ancestors lay interred.

At the west end of the town stands an old Hall, formerly the
residence of the Yarburghs. The country round is extremely flat and
uninteresting, but abundantly fertile. Flax is much cultivated in the
neighbourhood."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.